Roman Art and Literature

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Roman Art and Literature

• By Michelle A Krzystofiak
• Period 2
• 9/13/06

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Architecture

• All the Ancient Roman Architecture, was built a
  very long time ago. Some have even been used as
  natural landmarks.

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The Pantheon

• The Pantheon is the first temple to combine
  concrete construction with the more conservative
  if decorative use of Greek classical orders.
• The classical hall with huge,40 roman feet high,
  columns of black and red Egyptian granite.
• The height of the building from floor to ceiling
  is an incredible 142.
• The Ceiling was like a dome.

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The Colosseum

• The Colosseum was limestone, brick concrete
  with marble facing.
• It had a fabric canopy provided relief from sun.

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The Palatine Hill

• Rome first became a city on the Palatine Hill on
  753 B.C. It later became a place where palaces
  were built by the many emperors and the rich
  lived. On the Palatine hill, you will find mostly
  ruins of palaces and homes of the rich. The
  Circus Maximus was located next to the Palatine
  Hill.

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Circus Maximus

• It was first designed for chariot races.
• Other events were held there, including
  gladiatorial combats and wild animal hunts,
  athletic events and processions.
• A fire destroyed most of it in 31 BC.

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Arts

• The arts of ancient Rome were extremely
  beautiful take my word on that.

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Paintings

• House of Venus

Mosaics
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Sculptures

• General gtgt
• Portrait of a Roman
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Literature

• Ancient thinkers wrote verse about what they
  observed in nature. They are generally referred
  to as Presocratic Philosophers.

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Authors

• Apuleius
• Authors on Farming
• Caesar
• Catullus
• Cicero
• Historians
• Horace and Ovid

• Juvenal and Persius
• Lucretius
• Petronius
• Propertius
• Role of Greek Literature
• Roman Comedy
• Vergil

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The End